There was a set time to go outside and get some fresh air.
There were special passes to visit and wander around Cresson if a patient was well enough.
Patients would sometimes be woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of nurses running down the hall, to try and save a patient that would start hemorrhaging.
Listen to:
Gail Seabolt and Marie Daugherty describe items made by patients during their free time
Daily Life at the Cresson Sanitorium.
What was basic life like in the sanitorium?
Listen to:
Gail Seabolt and Marie Daugherty describe items made by patients during their free time
Gail Seabolt and Marie Daugherty talk about schooling and recess for some patients.
Gail Seabolt and Marie Daugherty describe ways the patients passed the time in the San.
Peggy Shoff talk about mandatory rest periods.
Peggy Shoff describe religious activities at the San.
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